Pony express
ride begins
The "run" of the Pony Express will
get under way Sunday, October 25, at
Hertford United Methodist Church
with a "trail boss" breakfast and
worship service.
An estimated 27 church members
acting as trail bosses and station
agents are expected for the breakfast
-briefing. Lyn Boynton will be the
chief cook for this event. Church fam
ilies on the Pony Express "run" will
again relay stewardship saddlebags
to gather "estimate of giving" cards.
Saddlebags and run route lists will be
handed out at the breakfast by Em
mett and Eva Wrae Landing, general
managers of the stewardship cam
paign
The relay of the saddlebags among
church members will begin immedi
ately after the morning worship serv
ice. Each saddle bag bears the
names of 10 church families. Each
Jamily fills in a giving estimate card,
$eals it in an envelope and inserts it
'in the saddlebag pouch and then
^land-carries the saddlebag to an
other of the families on the route.
?! Station agents are Miriam Haskett,
J rank McGoogan, Joyce Riddick,
J.ddie Barber, and Judy Christensen.
?Chose serving as trail bosses are
Ivirs. Jessie Perry, Mrs. Billy White,
?v'.rs. Claire Payne, Mrs. Talmage
?Kose, Mrs. Grace Bizzell, Mrs. Jessie
Jlarris. Mr John Decker, Mrs. Anne
Jioodwin, Mr and Mrs. Pat Harrell,
?\lrs Susan Harris, Mrs. Madeline
^ixon. J. ? T. Lane, Mrs. Ginger
Ann Thatch, route rider on Angel, receives the saddlebag
from trail boss Pat Harrell to begin the Pony Express "run"
for Hertford Methodist Church on Sunday, October 25th.
O'Neal, Mrs. Marjorie Holland, Mrs.
Minnie Hurdle, Billy L. Winslow,
Mrs. Marie Byrum, Mrs. Dianne
Hoofnagle, Mrs. Joann Kirby, Mrs.
Julia Bryant, and Mrs. Kay Whed
bee.
Abraham s family becomes divided
? "(Esau) said, is not he rightly
earned Jacob? for he hath supplanted
Jite ? hese two times : he took away my
birthright ; and behold, now he hath
urken away my blessing." (Genesis
2" "36 >
? Our lessons are currently in the fall
quarter of studies under the theme,
??Genesis. Book of Beginning." We
have covered, thus far in our studies,
Cod's creation and man's fall? the
first murder recorded, when Cain
*lew Abel? the great flood when God
destroyed all on earth except Noah
jmd his family? the tower of Babel
episode, when God scattered humans
throughout the earth and gave them
differing languages? the selection
and the calling of Abraham in a cove
nant relationship. The scripture text
given Jor today's study records the
division which too, place in the de
scendants of Abraham's family.
These are all interesting stories of
ancient peoples, beginning probably
Jbout 6000 years ago. For non-Chris
tians, or un-Godly people, these inci
dents are just that? interesting inci
dents of ancient history. But in
actuality it is far more than that. It is
Holy History. It is God working in the
world. From the very moment that
the crowning achievement of God's
creation, Adam and Eve, became
disobedient to God's command in
Edeit they separated their
relationship to God. Holy History, the
bible, is the record of the loving cre
ator, God. working to re-establish, to
redeem, fallen mankind to Himself.
The thread of redemption, beginning
with Adam and Eve, runs throughout
history to reunite God and man. The
bible records it like it is; the good and
the bad. Today's study gives one ex
ample of such.
MOTHER'S PLOT (Genesis 27:5-10)
In our study for last week we saw
that Abraham was 100 years old, his
wife, 90, when God gave them a son.
He was named Isaac. Isaac had
grown into manhood, in fact he was
37 years old and not yet married.
Abraham was concerned but he did
not want Isaac to marry a heathen
woman from Canaan. Abraham sent
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his trusted servant to Haran, where
Abraham's brother, Nahor and his
family lived, to select a wife for Isaac
from this family. Rebekah was se
lected to become Isaac's wife. It was
several years after the marriage that
Rebekah became pregnant with twin
boys. In due course the twins were
born. The first one had a remarkable
growth of body hair; he was named
Esau, which means "hairy".
The second followed closely, and his
tiny hand clutched his brother's heel.
He was named Jacob, meaning "heal
grabber", or deceiver. Now comes
the problem between Jacob and
Esau. The first born son had the right
to the larger part of the father's es
tate. Abraham and Isaac were im
mensely wealthy. But more than
that, the first born son had the right
to become the head of the clan; and,
in this case, it meant he would be the
custodian of the covenant, the majes
tic promises that God had made with
Abraham. Even though historically
Esau would have received the birth
right, God chose Jacob to carry on
the family line. Jacob had the qual
ities which God needed for this task.
Rebekah preferred Jacob over Esau.
Therefore, both she and Jacob set
about to trick Isaac into giving the
blessing to Jacob, instead of Esau.
( Read verses 27 : 5-10 for the details of
the plot. )
A MURDEROUS PLAN - A WAY TO
ESCAPE (Genesis 27:41-46)
The deed was done and the conse
quences of the deceitful action was
about to set in. Esau's reaction to the
trickery was to plan to kill his
brother, Jacob. Rebekah, hearing of
the plan, caned Jacob to her and sent
him out of the country; to live with
her brother Laban in Haran. In time
she hoped that Esau's anger would
lessen and that his desire to kill Ja
cob would die. There are great les
sons for us in this study. God's will
and people's actions at times are in
conflict. Before the twin sons were
born, God determined Jacob to be the
dominant one through whom His re
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demptive purpose would flow. It was
God's plan and God's business, and if
left alone God would have handled it
right. The problem came when hu
mans stepped in and applied their
selfish desire to have things happen
the way that they wanted. It created
problems lasting for years. That is
usually the result when people run
before the Lord, instead of following
Him.
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Church news
Perquimans area church calendar
Parson's Temple plans revival
There will be a three night Revival
Service starting October 29 through
October 31. Three services will be
held at the Parson Temple
Fellowship Church, 106 S. Eden ton
Road Street in Hertford at 8 p.m. The
guest speaker will be the Elder Cope
land of Faith Temple Church in Suf
folk, Va.
Tbe public is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
Pastor Wills to celebrate anniversary ?
The Rev. Joseph L. Wills will be
celebrating his 13th anniversary at
the Poole's Grove Baptist Church,
Sunday October 25th at 11 a.m. Hie
Rev. James Duns tan, Pastor of An
tioch Baptist Church, will be in
charge of the service. At 3 p.m. the
Rev. Daniel Lamb and St. John Bap
tist Church of Creswell, N.C. will be
in charge of the service.
At 7 p.m. the St. Stephen Youhg
Adult Choir and the New ShUoh
Young Adult Choir will be in concert.
The public ia invited to attend these
services.
Fall festival begins at Galatia Baptist Church
The Galatia Male Chorus will be
observing their annual Fall Festival,
Sunday October 25th at 6 p.m. The
theme will be Pathways to The City
of Light.
The public is invited.
bospel sing scheduled in Uctober
Eden too, N.C. The featured singers
are the Anchormen from Golds boro.
The public is invited to attend.
There will be a Gospel Sing Satur
day, October 24th, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Pentecostal Holiness Church in
f CardsN
of Thanks
We would like to express our sincere apprecia
tion to our many friends, neighbors and relatives
for their many acts of kindness and expressions
of sympathy during the illness and death of our
loved one.
May God bless each of you.
The Family of Joseph A. Winslow
including brothers and sisters
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the
People of Perquimans County and surrounding
areas for all the prayers, cards, flowers, and
other acts of kindness that have been shown to
me during this time since my injury. Special
thanks to those who made the Raffle Benefit pos
sible, and then successful. Thanks Perquimans
County for being a sharing and caring community.
May God Bless Each of You.
Alton Lane
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EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REPENT
Rev. John London
Jesus spoke this parable: A man had a fig tree growing in his vine yard, and
he came out looking for fruit on it but it did not find any. He said to the
vinedresser. "Look here! For three years now I have come in search of fruit on
this fig tree and found none. Cut it down. Why should it clutter up the
ground?" In answer, the man said, "Sir, leave it another year while I hoe
around it and manure it, then perhaps it will bear fruit. If not, it shall be cut
down."
The parable.
It is significant thot Jesus amplified His remork about repentance wth a
brief parable about a non productive fig tree. The owner of the vineyard in
which the tree grew ordered it cut down. Now that tree never hurt anyone. It
was perfectly harmless. Like many "good" people, it was not making the
world worse. But despite being given repeated opportunities, it had not pro
duced fruit. It was not doing the one thing for which it hod been planted.
Therefore, it sould be removed.
We were created for fellowship with God, but we hove turned away from
Him and followed ways which may or may not have been obviously sinful, but
they hove not been His ways. We need therefore to repent, so that we can do
the thing for which we were created-to be in fellowship with our Creator.
Repentance is Imperative.
Father saying to his son, "I want you to stop referring to the church as the
Repentogon." But the little boy was right. The coll to repent is a feature of our
message that should not be hidden.
Jesus' words to His audience in the Scripture before us shows us how imper
ative repentance it. He did not say, "Unless you repent you will be unhappy."
He did not say. "Unless you repent things wil not ao well (or you." He said.
"Unless you repent you will all perish. Repentance men, it a matter of eternal
importance.
More than guilt.
Obvioutly repenting is a human act. something which each one of ut mutt
do for himtelf or hertelf . But it it more than a weary recitation of our tint and
shortcomings. It is more than a sense of sodnett or an acknowledgement of
guilt for our tint. It it, above all. a rodicalreorientation of our lovet that givet
God our central allegience. It it allowing ourselves to be caught up in the way
of Christ and saying, "ft it Hit way that I choote." Frederick Buechner putt it
well when he soys, 'True repentance spends lets time looking at the pott and -
toying, "I'm torry, thon to the future and toying, Wowl".
The repentance that matters.
Grammatically, the word repentance it a noun, but In termt of our livet, it
it an action verb. To repent means that we must oct upon the awarenett of ?
our own tin. Sorrow over tin doet little good If it only serves to make ut
ashamed. Many people are ashamed of tneir actions or their moral weak- '
n esses. But shame alone can dishearten us, deflate our hope and faith, and
leave us so disgusted with ourtelvet that we have not tpirit left to do anything <
but tink deeper into our shame.
The repentance that Jetut calls for is the only kind that will do ut tome
good. It it the kind that drivei ut firtt to our knees to toy we ore torry, and
then to our feet to walk with God each day.
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